WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) today announced $17,461,313 in U.S. Department of Transportation grants for 28 Kansas regional airports for repairs and upgrades.

“Local airports help bring economic opportunities and critical resources to communities across Kansas,” said Sen. Moran. “It is vital for Kansans to have efficient ways to reach and connect with the rest of the world, and these grants are an investment into the future of our rural airports.”

Grant recipients:

• Abilene Municipal Airport: $80,000
• Amelia Earhart Airport: $600,000
• Anthony Municipal Airport: $150,000
• Atkinson Municipal Airport: $180,000
• Augusta Municipal Airport: $685,000
• Augusta Municipal Airport: $150,000  
• Augusta Municipal Airport: $406,000
• Blosser Municipal Airport: $283,500
• Clay Center Municipal Airport: $328,500
• Coffeyville Municipal Airport: $600,000
• Elkhart-Morton County Airport: $526,500
• Garden City Regional Airport: $1,900,000
• Goodland Municipal Airport: $3,046,867 (Renner Field)
• Goodland Municipal Airport: $100,000 (Renner Field)
• Hays Regional Airport: $1,121,400  
• Hays Regional Airport: $266,400
• Hill City Municipal Airport: $571,964
• Hutchinson Regional Airport: $247,500
• Independence Municipal Airport: $565,446
• Kansas Department of Transportation: $953,750
• Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport: $380,000
• Marysville Municipal Airport: $600,000
• McPherson Airport: $241,900
• Medicine Lodge Airport: $212,940
• Ness City Municipal Airport: $600,000
• Norton Municipal Airport: $477,000
• Osage City Municipal Airport: $275,000
• Ottawa Municipal Airport: $555,946
• Stanton County Municipal Airport: $180,000
• Strother Field Airport: $149,400
• Topeka Regional Airport: $842,700
• Tribune Municipal Airport: $450,000

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